14 Sep 2004

Trade Agreements Sap Independence

By Letter to Editor
The flow of jobs overseas isn't the only consequence of the misnamed free trade agreements. NAFTA has opened our nation's borders wider than ever to illegal immigration, and the proposed Free-Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) would worsen this already huge problem.
14 Sep 2004

Talking About God: Rev. Clinton Vs. Rev. Bush

By Paul Kengor
It was quite telling that the strongest religious statement made at the Republican convention came not from a Republican but from a Democrat, Georgia Senator Zell Miller, who claimed, among other things, that the current president is the same person on Saturday that he is on Sunday morning.
07 Sep 2004

Keyes Keeps Looking Worse

By Rich Miller
As if Alan Keyes wasn't embarrassing enough, with his hours-long diatribes that say almost nothing of interest to anyone in Illinois except a handful of zealots. No. He's gotta go off and verbally slime the vice president's daughter.
07 Sep 2004

Casino Hotel: More Questions, Fewer Answers

By Kathleen McCarthy
It confounds me that many city leaders are framing the issue of a new casino hotel on Davenport's downtown riverfront as a remedy for the current riverboat casino facility, specifically the porte cochere that connects to the boat.
07 Sep 2004

More Than Two Choices on Casino Hotel

By Jeff Ignatius
Davenport City Administrator Craig Malin casts the debate over a new riverfront casino/hotel as an either/or proposition. Either you accept the new hotel, or you're stuck with the status quo. "Some folks in the community have the [mistaken] feeling that there's this third or fourth or fifth option," echoed DavenportOne President and CEO Dan Huber.
07 Sep 2004

A New Riverfront Hotel

By Letter to Editor
After months of lengthy roundtable discussion, the citizens of Davenport and Rock Island were rewarded with the final draft of the River Vision plan. This $250,000 dream for drawing the two cities more closely together was co-sponsored by the two cities and drawn up by the Massachusetts consulting firm of Hargreaves Associates.
31 Aug 2004

Ridiculous Irony Abounds in Illinois Supreme-Court Race

By Rich Miller
A top advisor to an Illinois Supreme Court candidate who wants to end the lawsuit "crisis" has filed suit against two men who champion the rights of people who file lawsuits. Enough irony for you? There's more.
24 Aug 2004

Follow Up on Inspection Issue

By Letter to Editor
I am very impressed with your newspaper's Issue 487 about the rental inspections and fire inspections. Most newspapers will not print the truth. At one time I owned 27 rental units; I have sold all my residential units and purchased commercial units so I would not have to deal with the city inspections.
24 Aug 2004

Illinois Republicans Get Ready for a Whupping

By Rich Miller
It's probably not a good sign that at least two prominent speakers at the state fair's Republican Day event last week felt it was necessary to insist that the Illinois Republican Party is not dead. Other speakers worked hard to reinforce the not-dead theme by helpfully pointing out several possible signs of life.
17 Aug 2004

Obama Needs to Keep an Eye on Keyes

By Rich Miller
Word from on-high is that the national Senate Republicans are planning to contribute lots of money to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes. It's not that the national poobahs actually believe Keyes can win, mind you.

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